News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-07-21

r RIO some friends east. acquainted
miTn LIS IlleItSS energy, and his habit of
illdhllIS everything he touches a success,
invited his attention to Florida. First.
the company bought 1000 600 acres of
tllaC state; Secondly, they have under
taken TO dram the everglades-the state
giving the company for This service each
alternate section of the reclaimed land
as the work proceeds. The state has
ALREADY decided the company as their
iIimI M, Il:0OO,O00 acres of this land.
IheSe reclaimed lands now promise to
become among the most valuable lands
III tlle Ohlted States. Thirdly, small
coillb!tlly OF whom he is president and
principal, bought 1900 acres of choice
lahdS III the county of HillSbOro, on the
Gulf of Mexico, upon which several
towns have already sprung up. He has
SSeItied upon TINS location as his future
nome: lie has created the town of Tar
pom Springs, where are already, the
CROWN OF less than five years, schools,
churches, thriving stores. hotels, a
bank and all the appointments of civil
zatlon. Last winter a thousand
strangers went to it as a resort. By the
middle OF September a railroad will be
completed to Tarpon, and extended
through the whole $4,000 acre region.
son, Arizona, Miss Margarita Grijalva,
by whom he had one daughter, who
takes her mothers name. the mother
being dead. He has taken for his second
wife another Spanish lady, whose maid
Ell name was SOledad BOnillas. They
came to attend our centennial, but,
owing to bad railroad connections, did
not arrive until Monday eve., greatly to
their own and everybody's regret. He
is now in Boston and hopes to return
here before he goes to Florida for the
winter season. He is greatly over
worked and needs rest. He is small in
stature, being about the height of the
late Albert l.. NOyeS but every fibre in
his physical and mental frame has been
thoroughly annealed in the heat of prac-
tical experience.
In the visits which he has made to this
town the past five summers, he has
always been to the old hone site, for
switch he seems to entertain "a strong
attachment. This brief outline of his
life does not pretend to more than
answer one of the questions often
asked, Who is Governor Stafford 2"
Were his life fully written, it would read
like romance. Measured by what he
has accomplished, and is continuing to
accomplish, though still i'll his prime,
IL iAAS ID OIAO VI GIlOSc We CClll pOIIiU W
with pride and satisfaction. At the
time of his birth, and while the family
lived in this town, Arson Keller, son of
the first Aaron, lived where q. w. DEMO
now lives, and the Stafford and Keller
families were very intimate friends,
hence his christian name, From all we
are able to learn, his selection of Tarpon
Springs as q winter resort for north
ernerS, Veterinarians or others, was
the best that could have been made-a
most charming resort. 1t was not taken
up by chance, or at hap hazard; but
selected with great care, by one having
extensive knowledge of the varied soils
and climates of this and other countries,
and chosen with especial reference to its
sanitary advantages.
| suppose the above extract will Occu-
Ply as much of your space as you can
well spare for one issue. Should you
desire, | will furnish you for another
paper, an incident OF tWOof his overland
route experience, to further illustrate
the romance of his career, and to throw
some light upon the quality Of his
timber. E.. S.